Pure Evil (The Juice from a RiteAid Air Freshener)

My fourth project for 4in4 was inspired by an article from Make magazine. My goal was to create an aromatherapeutic ambient information awareness device (Wow! It smells like lavender! My stocks must be tanking! But I sure do feel relaxed…), but a headache induced by lingering too long in the air freshener aisles at multiple drugstores slowed down my work. My plan was to replace a RiteAid “Air Currents” air freshener’s chemical scent with an essential oil and use an rss feed to trigger its fan.

Bottom of the Air Currents Air Freshener

I have the Arduino working to control the fan, but I haven’t gotten the rss feed integrated yet.

Arduino and the Air Currents